Principal - Health Economics and Outcomes Research (Market Access) London / hybrid Competitive salary - (posted Mar 24 2026)
Company: Ipsos Advertisers Ref: MrWeb/7885MrWeb Ref: 162807
Job Spec: Are you ready to tackle Healthcare's greatest challenges? Do you have the expertise to navigate rapid access in an era of faster drug development, or to strategise pricing for high-cost curative therapies? Are you ready to work with global healthcare leaders to achieve strong market access? If so, we want to hear from you!
About the role:
Healthcare needs and goals are shifting, and to achieve a strong market access position it is critical to effectively navigate the latest challenges - whether this is rapid access in a world of faster drug development, pricing strategies for high-cost curative therapies, or managing demand for more broad and diverse data types.
Ipsos partners with our clients to deliver insights and solutions that address key market access challenges and achieve patient and commercial objectives. Specifically, we support pharmaceutical and medical device and diagnostics clients in all aspects of market access, from clinical development and post-launch through to loss of exclusivity and beyond.
As an HEOR Director / Principal at Ipsos, you will be a key player in our Market Access & HEOR service line. You will lead teams to deliver impactful projects in payer and stakeholder insights, value proposition development, and market access strategies across our operational hubs in the US, UK, and APAC. Your day-to-day will involve strategic client engagement, business development through thought leadership, and delivering expert knowledge on global healthcare systems. Your skills in HTA system submissions and economic modeling will provide our clients with trusted advice and actionable insights.
About you:
Essential skills:
- MSc or equivalent degree in Health Economics & Outcomes Research, MPH (Master of Public Health) or similar Postgraduate qualifications
- Proficiency in economic modelling and use of advanced excel, SAS, Python, R or similar coding skills
- Extensive expertise in Market HEOR topics including HTA landscaping, advanced modelling techniques,
- Deep understanding of industry trends and client business needs to serve as a trusted strategic advisor to clients
- Proven track record in driving commercial success and revenue growth
- Experience in overseeing and managing multi-project portfolios effectively.
Desirable Skills:
- Clinical or Academic experience developed either in the UK or within Europe
- Proficiency in AI use and adoption to enhance day-to-day tasks.
- Familiarity with digital data collection methods and online analytics tools.
- Experience in global or cross-regional market research projects.
- Developing new research approaches or using emerging technologies such as predictive analytics & synthetic data
- Strong leadership skills to mentor senior team members, nurturing future leaders
- Ability to represent Ipsos externally, contributing to industry discussions
- Experience in operating across the connections between HEOR and RWE
- Ability to leverage AI and predictive analytics for enhancing research efficiency.
Behaviours:
- Analytical thinking
- Resilience, flexibility and agility
- Creative thinking
- Motivation and self-awareness
- Empathy and active listening
- Curiosity and lifelong learning
- Service orientation and customer service
- Problem Solver and initiative taker
- Entrepreneurial approach to service delivery
- Able to identify rising Talent & conduct Talent Management
- Able to build internal & external networks effectively.
Benefits:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you as an individual. Our standard benefits include 25 days annual leave, pension contribution, income protection and life assurance. In addition, there are a range health & wellbeing, financial benefits and professional development opportunities.
We have a hybrid approach to work and ask people to be in the office or with clients for 3 days per week. We appreciate you may have commitments outside of work and will consider flexible working applications - please highlight what you are looking for when you make your application.
We are committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views. We recognise that this is important for our business success - a more diverse workforce will enable us to better reflect and understand the world we research and ultimately deliver better research and insight to our clients. We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme, certified as a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. We provide an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
Your application will be reviewed by someone from our Talent Team who will be in touch either way to let you know the outcome.
Ready to have an impact? Apply now!
About the Team
The Healthcare Service Line works with Pharmaceutical, bio-tech, medical device manufacturers and technology companies throughout the project lifecycle from early stage strategy, to launch of a new product, to product optimization. In addition to custom research, the healthcare Service Line also works on therapeutic centers of expertise in Oncology, Autoimmune, Virology and more.
About Ipsos
Ipsos is one of the world's largest research companies and currently the only one primarily managed by researchers, ranking as a #1 full-service research organization for four consecutive years. With over 75 different data-driven solutions, and presence in 90 markets, Ipsos brings together research, implementation, methodological, and subject-matter experts from around the world, combining thematic and technical experts to deliver top-quality research and insights. Simply speaking, we help the biggest companies solve some of their biggest problems, serving more than 5000 clients across the globe by providing research, data, and insights on their target markets. And we are proud of our continuous efforts in making Ipsos the best place to work!
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